Authority: Special Court for Sierra Leone

Date: 05/30/2012

Subject: The Special Court for Sierra Leone has sentenced the former Liberian President Charles Ghankay Taylor to 50 years’ imprisonment for crimes against humanity and violations of article 3, which is common to the Conventions of Geneva and to the Additional Protocol II

Parties: Prosecutor v. Charles Ghankay Taylor

Original language: English

Classification: Dignity - Art. 1 Human dignity - Art. 2 Right to life - Art. 3 Physical and mental integrity - Art. 4 Torture - Inhuman punishments - Degrading punishments - Inhuman treatments - Degrading treatments - Art. 5 Slavery - Equality - Art. 24 Children’s rights

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